Crime of the Week 05-31-09

Published 7:00 pm, Saturday, May 30, 2009

Plainview/Hale County Crime Stoppers Committee will pay up $750 to anyone with information leading to the arrest and indictment of those responsible for the following crime:

*A storage trailer belonging to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and parked in the 2100 block of East Fifth was broken into sometime around Monday, May 11. Stolen were spools of copper wire, a Ditch Witch cable locator, a Hilti jack hammer and two sets of climbing gear.

Crime Stoppers will pay to $350 to anyone with information on the following crimes that leads to the arrest and indictment of those responsible:

*A residence at 1001 Independence was broken into sometime between May 21-28. Taken were a Playstation 3 game system, a Playstation 2 game system, an Xbox 360, numerous video games, numerous DVD movies and music CDs, a Dell computer, a Magnavox 19-inch flatscreen TV and a Magnavox DVD player.

*An office gun safe at Legacy Farms, a dairy approximately three miles east Plainview and south of U.S. 70, was broken into over the weekend of May 2-3. Stolen were numerous weapons including a Kimber 1911 pistol, a Springfield 9mm handgun, a SigArms .357-caliber handgun, three Smith and Wesson revolvers, an AR-15 rifle and several other rifles and guns. This case is being investigated by Ruben Liscano of the Hale County Sheriff's Office, 296-2724.

Fugitives: Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $250 for information that leads to the arrest of the following persons. Warrants have been issued for their arrest. Callers can contact the Hale County Sheriff's Office Warrants Division at 296-2724 or contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline:

*Fernando Espejo, an 18-year-old Hispanic male, is wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is 5-foot-1 and weighs 120 pounds.